HIEBERT , S.M.; Swarthmore College: Facts and more facts: using general principles to help students make sense of biology In the classroom, I observe that most of my students tackle the fact-laden field of biology without a framework that allows them to sort and process these facts effectively or later to apply the underlying concepts […]

HOSSFELD, Uwe; OLSSON, Lennart; Friedrich-Schiller-Universit�t Jena; Friedrich-Schiller-Universit�t Jena: Ernst Haeckel and the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature The Jena zoologist Ernst Haeckel became very disappointed when he heard that the Nobel prize for Literature in 1908 had not gone to him, but to his colleague in Jena, the philosopher Rudolf Eucken (1846-1926). French and Italian […]

BOILY, Patrice; Univ. New Orleans: Effectiveness using of computer-based tools to teach a junior-level physiology course Over the last five years, I have gradually increased the use of computer-based tools to teach an upper-level physiology course. Specifically, I use computerized presentations for all my visual aides and a web site to provide course materials, such […]

SILVERTHORN, D.U.; Univ. of Texas, Austin: Discovering What Students Know: High-Tech and Low-Tech Alternatives Finding out what students are learning before they take an examination allows instructors to clarify points of confusion and address student misconceptions. In large lecture settings, however, this can be a challenging task. Dialogue between the instructor and students often is […]

HURNEY, Carol A; BABCOCK, Sharon K; PESCE, Andrea; James Madison University; James Madison University; James Madison University: A Novel, Integrative Approach to Introductory Biology Recent curriculum reform at JMU resulted in the implementation of four introductory courses focused on (1) Fundamental Processes of Organisms , (2) Evolution and Ecology, (3) Cell and Molecular Biology, and […]

CARTER, Lance C.; CHRISTENSEN, Chad L.; ANDERSON, Curt*; Brigham Young Univ., Idaho; Brigham Young Univ., Idaho; Idaho State University: Visual and olfactory projections to the brainstem and spinal cord of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens Using the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, as a model organism, our lab has been investigating the anatomical basis for sensorimotor […]

KERFOOT, J. R., Jr..; TURINGAN, R. G. ; STOECKLIN, G. ; Florida Institute of Technology; Florida Institute of Technology; Florida Institute of Technology: The effects of hyoid-mandible and opercular-mandiblelinkage disruption on feeding perfomance in the teleost fish, Centropomus undecimalis. The complex array of musculoskeletal linkages in the feeding mechanism of teleost fishes underlies prey capture […]

BICKLEY, Thomas M.*; ANDERSON, Curt; Idaho State University; Idaho State University: Sensory and motor innervation of the tongue in hylid tree frogs This study investigated the anatomical origins and distributions of neurons innervating the tongue musculature of the green tree frog, Hyla cinerea. Recent research on the neural control of feeding behavior in anuran amphibians […]

CROMPTON, A W; LIEBERMAN, D; Harvard University; Harvard University: Motor control of mastication in mammals: Marsupials and Placentals compared Studies on the neuro-muscular control of jaw movements in mammals, until now, have been almost entirely based, with one exception, namely the American opossum, on placental mammals. For this study electromyograms of the major adductor muscles […]

ROSS, C.F.; BADEN, A.L.; GEORGI, J.; SIPLA, J.; WOLFF, M.; University of Chicago; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook University: Jaw kinematics in two species of primates Jaw kinematics were studied in two vervet monkeys and three eulemurs to evaluate the influence of species, food type and cycle type on […]